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Challenging
conventional clinic
design
The sterile format of
conventional clinic design has been dramatically
turned on its head in Nordon Jago’s new fitout for
the orthodontist practice of Leigh Jones in
Mosman, Sydney.
A picture of minimal design
elegance, functionality and flexibility, it was
formerly a large 360 sq metre commercial office.
Today it accommodates a busy team of four
orthodontic professionals and an artist. An
elegant studio has been designed as an extension
of the offices to the rear.
“To us, the success of the
business is as much reliant on the patient
experience in the waiting room as on the services
of the professionals at the clinic. Instead of a
cold impersonal waiting room, we designed
something akin to a club or drop-in centre. The
space is therefore very welcoming and fun to be
in.” Nordon Jago’s project director Richard Stone
comments.The reception is a cut between a retro
upmarket lounge bar and a sophisticated Japanese
residence, with the clinic treatment rooms
expressing this informality and sophistication in
a more professional design palette. There, the
space is softened by warm colour, paintings and
cabinetry designed to conceal any sense of
instrumentation, materials and metal.
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spacious open plan, reception-cum-lounge area,
inspired by trappings of funk and futuristic feel.
The glowing centrepiece , a circular arrival desk
trimmed in white, is like a large flying saucer.
Its translucent, tangerine PVC surface, is softly
backlit for mesmeric impact and highlighted by
several wall panels also in orange and illuminated
in the same ethereal way. The minimalist charm is
played out in white ceilings beautifully studded
with thin circular shapes of stencilled lighting
that seem to hover above.
The main feature wall makes a
stunning backdrop. It is dramatically textured
with a series of contrasting rice paper panels,
one with blue-grey gum leaves, the other with
straw coloured grasses. The lounge area flanks
reception to the right with a selection of elegant
Italian pod chairs in burnt orange, yellow and
cream. For conversational grouping, each of these
sits snugly around seamless glass coffee tables
which look sideways to a garden walkway outside,
through floor to ceiling glass
widows.
For children, there are low
slung chairs, sculpted to climb or slide over, and
computers at the ready on desks for instant
internet connectivity. Soft lighting, curved
surfaces, well padded interiors, vistas into space
and areas for intimate withdrawal and entertaining
have all been planned for.
The upmarket sophistication in
the décor continues through to a spacious,
minimalist feel boardroom. Here diffused lighting
softens the white, cream and lime surrounds where
the rectangular geometry of a central line of
techno style tables and chairs is offset by lines
of abstract portrait images on the wall.
Alongside, the light colours are continued in the
design of an open plan dental surgery configured
for four practitioners with dramatic accents of
orange introduced in the palette used for the
floor, chairs and central gondola. Here, all is
clean line and elegant, with intelligent use of
softened lighting again used to create arelaxing
ambience for patient and practitioner comfort.
At the rear
of the practice, the space flows almost seamlessly
into an artist’s studio designed to offer a more
dynamic creative counterpoint to that of
professional practice
alongside.
| 8 December 2004
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